ReviewPediatric cardiology2014
Ventricular performance after surgery for a congenital heart defect as assessed using advanced echocardiography: from doppler flow to 3D echocardiography and speckle-tracking strain imaging.
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- The Feasibility and Reproducibility of Measuring Myocardial Performance Index Using Two-Dimensional Phase Contrast Imaging in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease.Pediatric cardiology · 2026Article
- Echocardiographic strain as an ally in the evaluation of congenital heart disease: a narrative review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Temporal profile of right and left ventricular wall deformation analysis using 2D speckle tracking echocardiography following atrial septal defect closure.AsiaIntervention · 2025Article
- Using machine learning analysis to describe patterns in tissue Doppler and speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with transposition of the great arteries after arterial switch operation.International journal of cardiology. Congenital heart disease · 2025Article
- The mechanics of congenital heart disease: from a morphological trait to the functional echocardiographic evaluation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- Cardiac Function and Serum Biomarkers throughout Staged Fontan Palliation: A Prospective Observational Study.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2023Article
- Ventricular function and biomarkers in relation to repair and pulmonary valve replacement for tetralogy of Fallot.Open heart · 2023Observational
- Letter to the editor regarding article by Dehghan et al.: "Biventricular strain and strain rate impairment shortly after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot in children: A case-control study".Health science reports · 2022Article
- Functional Echocardiographic and Serum Biomarker Changes Following Surgical and Percutaneous Atrial Septal Defect Closure in Children.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Article
- Peri-operative changes in diastolic function and outcomes in congenital aortic valve surgery.Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) · 2022Article
- Myocardial performance after coronary re-implantation in pediatric patients assessed with conventional echocardiographic and 2D-speckle tracking analysis: a case-control study.The Pan African medical journal · 2021Article
- Left and Right Ventricular Impairment Shortly After Correction of Tetralogy of Fallot.Pediatric cardiology · 2020Article
- The Relationship Between Pre-operative Left Ventricular Longitudinal Strain and Post-operative Length of Stay in Patients Undergoing Arterial Switch Operation Is Age Dependent.Pediatric cardiology · 2019Article
- Multimodality Imaging for Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Severity Grading: A Methodological Review.Journal of cardiovascular ultrasound · 2016Review
- A Novel TBX1 Loss-of-Function Mutation Associated with Congenital Heart Disease.Pediatric cardiology · 2015Article
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Abstract
A varying degree of impairment of ventricular performance is observed over the long-term after surgery for a congenital heart defect (CHD). Impaired ventricular performance has been shown to be of prognostic value for increased risk of cardiovascular events in adult CHD patients. This emphasizes the importance of delineating the timing and cause of this postoperative impairment. Impairment of ventricular performance could develop over time as a consequence of residua, sequelae and complications of the CHD or surgical procedure. Yet, impaired ventricular performance has also been observed immediately after surgery and can persist and/or worsen over time. This postoperative impairment of ventricular performance is the focus of this review. This article provides an overview of echocardiographic techniques currently used to assess ventricular performance. Furthermore, we review current literature describing ventricular performance, as assessed using echocardiography, after correction of a CHD. In general, a decrease in ventricular performance is observed directly after surgery for CHD’s. Subsequent follow-up of ventricular performance is characterized by a varying degree of postoperative recovery. A consistent observation is the persistent impairment of right-ventricular performance after repair in several different subgroups of CHD patients ranging from ventricular septal defect repair to surgery for Tetralogy of Fallot.
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